if the problem is "Acts of Violence against the general population" then yeah, doesn't work. If the problem is "Theresa May isn't going to get re-elected because she's hopelessly in over her head and can't govern since she hails from a party that doesn't believe government can be effective in the first place", well, carry on then.
why don't we pay the folks handling our luggage enough that they don't feel it's worthwhile to steal anything of value that passes their hands? Yeah, yeah, I know. Crazy, right? And before you say "I fly internationally" well, they can pay people better in other countries too, ya know?
Where on earth do you work where they don't? Guys and Gals in their 20s are trying to pay school loans, but cars, houses and start a family. They're desperate to get ahead. They're also naive enough to think putting in 80 hr/wk is a good idea. And don't get me started on H1-B visas. They're completely at the employees mercy.
Yeah, some old people work a lot. I knew a lot of 'em at my job. Knew. Past tense. I know at least 3 that died from overwork. Heart Attacks and Strokes. With rare exception that doesn't happen to young people...
has something to do with it. The value of Bitcoin's always been tied to the illicit drug trade and the current administration has signaled a shift away from legalization or even a hands off approach to let the States do their own thing. Then there's all the ransomware going around that's paid in bitcoin.
After all, a currency is only as valuable as what you can buy with it.
You can't. Younger people can work much, much longer hours than you. That's just a fact. People slow down as they age. Experience is overrated. If I'm running a business I need 1 experienced guy to watch 10 code monkeys, 4 guys from real universities and the 1 guy from MIT that does the hard bits.
I keep seeing these stories on/. where we hold up a few top geniuses in their fields working at google and ignore the very real realities of aging. What irritates me about that is that it becomes an excuse to abandon folks in their old age. You just convince yourself that it's their fault they can't find decent paying jobs, afford retirement or even get by day to day. Mostly because nobody wants to pay to take care of people as they age.
I suggest you vote for the most left leaning candidate you can get. Look up the Justice Democrats if you're in the states. Tell everyone you know to do the same. Take care of the poor and make sure they're fed, clothed and given healthcare and housing. Otherwise a demagogue/populist will organize them against you like they did in WWII.
so there's fewer injuries, which is where most of the cost is. After that then if all else fails the poor sod spends the rest of their life paying $100+/mo to the law firm that sues them on behalf of the guy they hit. Sucks for everyone involved except maybe the Lawyer (and Walmart of course).
Still it's a time bomb waiting to go off. There's limits to those car's safety and sooner or later somebody is gonna get really hurt.
at least that's what the article says. If Walmart wanted delivery drivers they've got 'em already. They're planning on doing an Uber style gig economy thing where you punch out at Walmart and then you're no longer a Walmart employee, you're an independent contractor. That's the only way this kind of thing can work and be any different than hiring a run of the mill delivery driver. And that way all of the risk gets pushed onto the employee, who's probably desperate enough to take that risk...
they're the greatest Union Busters in the world. I wouldn't even call them pros. They've elevated it to an art. From the moment you apply to the moment you're laid off for trying to Unionize they've thought of everything.
to tell everyone that if you couldn't find a replacement you had to come in sick. This was at a restaurant. At the time it didn't occur to anyone to call him on it, but this was the 90s so the economy was good and it wasn't enforceable.
Every call center I ever worked in had sick people non-stop. Everybody was always sick because nobody could stay home when they got sick.
This is just how it is when you work in low pay industries in a bad economy. If you want it to stop you're gonna have to pass laws, but I'm guessing most people don't want it to stop. They might be uncomfortable with the idea of sick people forced to work or be homeless but they're much more uncomfortable with paying 5% more for stuff. Especially when they're getting paid less and less just like everybody else...
Walmart's even got a phrase for it: Save Money, Live Better. You're not destroying worker solidarity and driving working families into an endless cycle of poverty. You're Saving Money, Living Better.
is this an April Fools Joke? There's so much wrong with this I don't know where to begin? What about insurance? What if they hit somebody? What about mileage? There's no way Walmart will pay enough to account for that.
And what happens if they don't get enough "volunteers"? After all, the Walmart employees with Cars are the better off ones. I'm guessing pressure, hours cut, etc, etc.
Dear lord the working class is pooched. I mean, if it's come to this what next? I don't even have the words... We're no longer racing to the bottom, we've drilled through, struck oil and it's leaking into our ground water.
their idea is still very plausible. Also look up "Tragedy of the Commons" or just plain how traffic jams get started. One bad actor can get everyone doing the same and then everything goes to crap for everyone.
and at least read the Wikipedia page. There were decades of unemployment & social strife following the industrial revolution until two World Wars thinned the herd and tech caught up a bit. History is not on your side. We're already seeing massive underemployment due to productivity increases. The auto companies are laying folks off because they're making more cars than people can buy (e.g. too much inventory).
When you see a smoldering pile of dried twigs during a drought you shouldn't just move along. Do something or the whole forest will burn.
to take the blame for the mess Trump left in his wake. Same thing happened to Obama. You'd be amazed how many people blame him for the crash that started before he took office. Even the smart ones blame him for not fixing it better and ignore the congress of Republicans & DINOs.
over their bad economic conditions. It's never had and never will have anything to do with freedom. Give them good jobs, a family and paid vacations like their parents had and they'll dissipate into the wind.
must as I love open source doing this would expose tons of trade secrets wouldn't it? I suppose patents might render that moot. But then again in a lot of countries software isn't patent-able.
that's what we're worried about. Yes, it has no force of law or actual requirements. It's a feel good treaty all around. That's what makes pulling out so bad. There's only one reason to pull out, and it's to say: Fuck You World. By pulling out we send a message that we're not willing to even consider working with the rest of the world.
CNN has an article describing how this could lead to a trade war. TLDR: Frustrated nations slap carbon taxes on imported goods because they're building with clean energy while we shamelessly pollute (which is much cheaper) and then Trump responds with his own tarriffs. Then it escalates from there and badda bing badda boom, recession/depression.
there's gonna be tons of changes to any modern blockbuster to mesh with the Chinese market. Some of the people all of the time or all of the people some of the time...
a movie has to be perfect or it gets buried. Lots of folks will turn off their brain when they watch a movie. I used to do it when I was a kid. When the crummy parts came up I ignored them and only paid attention to the good stuff. There's tons of movies I grew up with that I loved as a kid for just that reason. Sometimes it wasn't just crummy parts. As an 8 year old boy I didn't care about romantic sub-plots:).
There's bound to be some stuff in a movie that isn't for everyone (which is a nicer way of saying "It's not for you"). That doesn't mean you can't enjoy a good chunk of the movie. And for a lot of folks going to the movies is a night out. It's not just for the movie. Now, as I've gotten older I've gotten a lot more critical and if something disinterests me I drop it in a heartbeat, but I'm a nerd and a bit off so I'm the last person you should look to when marketing a film:P
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if the problem is "Acts of Violence against the general population" then yeah, doesn't work. If the problem is "Theresa May isn't going to get re-elected because she's hopelessly in over her head and can't govern since she hails from a party that doesn't believe government can be effective in the first place", well, carry on then.
why don't we pay the folks handling our luggage enough that they don't feel it's worthwhile to steal anything of value that passes their hands? Yeah, yeah, I know. Crazy, right? And before you say "I fly internationally" well, they can pay people better in other countries too, ya know?
Where on earth do you work where they don't? Guys and Gals in their 20s are trying to pay school loans, but cars, houses and start a family. They're desperate to get ahead. They're also naive enough to think putting in 80 hr/wk is a good idea. And don't get me started on H1-B visas. They're completely at the employees mercy.
Yeah, some old people work a lot. I knew a lot of 'em at my job. Knew. Past tense. I know at least 3 that died from overwork. Heart Attacks and Strokes. With rare exception that doesn't happen to young people...
has something to do with it. The value of Bitcoin's always been tied to the illicit drug trade and the current administration has signaled a shift away from legalization or even a hands off approach to let the States do their own thing. Then there's all the ransomware going around that's paid in bitcoin.
After all, a currency is only as valuable as what you can buy with it.
You can't. Younger people can work much, much longer hours than you. That's just a fact. People slow down as they age. Experience is overrated. If I'm running a business I need 1 experienced guy to watch 10 code monkeys, 4 guys from real universities and the 1 guy from MIT that does the hard bits.
/. where we hold up a few top geniuses in their fields working at google and ignore the very real realities of aging. What irritates me about that is that it becomes an excuse to abandon folks in their old age. You just convince yourself that it's their fault they can't find decent paying jobs, afford retirement or even get by day to day. Mostly because nobody wants to pay to take care of people as they age.
I keep seeing these stories on
I suggest you vote for the most left leaning candidate you can get. Look up the Justice Democrats if you're in the states. Tell everyone you know to do the same. Take care of the poor and make sure they're fed, clothed and given healthcare and housing. Otherwise a demagogue/populist will organize them against you like they did in WWII.
so there's fewer injuries, which is where most of the cost is. After that then if all else fails the poor sod spends the rest of their life paying $100+/mo to the law firm that sues them on behalf of the guy they hit. Sucks for everyone involved except maybe the Lawyer (and Walmart of course).
Still it's a time bomb waiting to go off. There's limits to those car's safety and sooner or later somebody is gonna get really hurt.
at least that's what the article says. If Walmart wanted delivery drivers they've got 'em already. They're planning on doing an Uber style gig economy thing where you punch out at Walmart and then you're no longer a Walmart employee, you're an independent contractor. That's the only way this kind of thing can work and be any different than hiring a run of the mill delivery driver. And that way all of the risk gets pushed onto the employee, who's probably desperate enough to take that risk...
it's just that if you turn it down you'll find your hours cut to 10 a month.
they're the greatest Union Busters in the world. I wouldn't even call them pros. They've elevated it to an art. From the moment you apply to the moment you're laid off for trying to Unionize they've thought of everything.
to tell everyone that if you couldn't find a replacement you had to come in sick. This was at a restaurant. At the time it didn't occur to anyone to call him on it, but this was the 90s so the economy was good and it wasn't enforceable.
Every call center I ever worked in had sick people non-stop. Everybody was always sick because nobody could stay home when they got sick.
This is just how it is when you work in low pay industries in a bad economy. If you want it to stop you're gonna have to pass laws, but I'm guessing most people don't want it to stop. They might be uncomfortable with the idea of sick people forced to work or be homeless but they're much more uncomfortable with paying 5% more for stuff. Especially when they're getting paid less and less just like everybody else...
Walmart's even got a phrase for it: Save Money, Live Better. You're not destroying worker solidarity and driving working families into an endless cycle of poverty. You're Saving Money, Living Better.
is this an April Fools Joke? There's so much wrong with this I don't know where to begin? What about insurance? What if they hit somebody? What about mileage? There's no way Walmart will pay enough to account for that.
And what happens if they don't get enough "volunteers"? After all, the Walmart employees with Cars are the better off ones. I'm guessing pressure, hours cut, etc, etc.
Dear lord the working class is pooched. I mean, if it's come to this what next? I don't even have the words... We're no longer racing to the bottom, we've drilled through, struck oil and it's leaking into our ground water.
their idea is still very plausible. Also look up "Tragedy of the Commons" or just plain how traffic jams get started. One bad actor can get everyone doing the same and then everything goes to crap for everyone.
At least he didn't misunderestimate it.
and at least read the Wikipedia page. There were decades of unemployment & social strife following the industrial revolution until two World Wars thinned the herd and tech caught up a bit. History is not on your side. We're already seeing massive underemployment due to productivity increases. The auto companies are laying folks off because they're making more cars than people can buy (e.g. too much inventory).
When you see a smoldering pile of dried twigs during a drought you shouldn't just move along. Do something or the whole forest will burn.
and don't mature and work more as they age. Also, when did social justice become a bad thing?
so they'll come here because they have to to keep their jobs. And so the Global Race to the Bottom (tm) continues. Second Dark Ages here we come.
to take the blame for the mess Trump left in his wake. Same thing happened to Obama. You'd be amazed how many people blame him for the crash that started before he took office. Even the smart ones blame him for not fixing it better and ignore the congress of Republicans & DINOs.
doesn't make them a populist. In fact, if you're trying to carve out your own little fiefdom that's kinda the way to go.
over their bad economic conditions. It's never had and never will have anything to do with freedom. Give them good jobs, a family and paid vacations like their parents had and they'll dissipate into the wind.
must as I love open source doing this would expose tons of trade secrets wouldn't it? I suppose patents might render that moot. But then again in a lot of countries software isn't patent-able.
that's what we're worried about. Yes, it has no force of law or actual requirements. It's a feel good treaty all around. That's what makes pulling out so bad. There's only one reason to pull out, and it's to say: Fuck You World. By pulling out we send a message that we're not willing to even consider working with the rest of the world.
CNN has an article describing how this could lead to a trade war. TLDR: Frustrated nations slap carbon taxes on imported goods because they're building with clean energy while we shamelessly pollute (which is much cheaper) and then Trump responds with his own tarriffs. Then it escalates from there and badda bing badda boom, recession/depression.
Trump desperately needs to hand the nationalists that put him in the White House a victory. Any victory. This is it.
there's gonna be tons of changes to any modern blockbuster to mesh with the Chinese market. Some of the people all of the time or all of the people some of the time...
a movie has to be perfect or it gets buried. Lots of folks will turn off their brain when they watch a movie. I used to do it when I was a kid. When the crummy parts came up I ignored them and only paid attention to the good stuff. There's tons of movies I grew up with that I loved as a kid for just that reason. Sometimes it wasn't just crummy parts. As an 8 year old boy I didn't care about romantic sub-plots :).
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There's bound to be some stuff in a movie that isn't for everyone (which is a nicer way of saying "It's not for you"). That doesn't mean you can't enjoy a good chunk of the movie. And for a lot of folks going to the movies is a night out. It's not just for the movie. Now, as I've gotten older I've gotten a lot more critical and if something disinterests me I drop it in a heartbeat, but I'm a nerd and a bit off so I'm the last person you should look to when marketing a film